The Marvels Comics movie “Iron Man” comes out this weekend and was expected to be a pretty big hit. It’s a high budget film with a lot of special effects and famous actors like Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges. Iron Man has also gotten great reviews, including one of my friends who saw a sneak preview.

Too bad “Iron Man” picked the weekend after “Grand Theft Auto IV” came out. It has gotten some of the best reviews ever and is expected to sell $400 million this week, beating out last year’s “Halo 3″ for the record. I got my pre-order copy this week, and I can safely say that I would rather play the game than go see a good movie in “Iron Man.”

This is really a big screw up for “Iron Man’s” marketing people who knew the game would be released this week. With such a high budget and a desperate need for high ticket sales, they have made it much harder on themselves. “Iron Man” is expected” the gross $50-60 million the first week, definitely getting hurt by “GTA IV.”

By the way, I’ve only finished 3 missions so far and have mainly been exploring and causing havoc with roommates. The first few missions are slow as expected, as it is basically showing you how to play step by step. It is harder to drive the cars, but once you are used to it they’re much better. People are harder to kill and it the new combat style definitely takes some getting used to. I still can’t go to Algonquin (Manhattan) without getting a high wanted level,but if you wanna see the game at its best, fly a helicopter toward Algonquin at night and marvel and the beautiful city and water below.

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